Escaping the Cycle of Abuse and Surviving Manipulation: A Personal Story from Nikki - Part 1

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

After experiencing years of manipulation and abuse, I learned how to begin decoding manipulation. As a highly-sensitive teenager I was on a desperate journey to break free and reclaim my life, learning the hard way that true freedom requires trusting my intuition and honoring my inner voice. Why is trusting your intuition critical for recovery? This episode dives into the role of intuition in healing, emphasizing how crucial it is for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) and survivors of abuse. Nikki Eisenhauer shares her experiences to illustrate how honing in on one's intuitive signals can serve as a powerful defense against manipulation and mental health crises. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and can join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Narcissistic Abuse Workshop: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Email Newsletter: for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Emotional Bad Ask where Moxie meets mindful.
0:04.7	I'm your host, Life Coach and Psychotherapist, Nikki Eisenhower.
0:09.0	And on today's episode, I'm sharing a personal story about breaking free from manipulation and abuse.
0:36.4	This year is the fifth year we've been doing emotional badass and I want to talk more about really the things that are hard to talk about.
0:46.4	Manipulation and abusive relationships.
0:50.3	Manipulation is one of those things that we all kind of know what it is.
0:55.2	But it's really hard to spot what it's happening to you in real life.
1:01.2	Manipulation is one of those things that I never intended to learn about.
1:06.4	And that amongst other things I jokingly say, I have an accidental life given PhD in decoding manipulation.
1:16.4	This is likely why I have such an affinity for the truth for speaking it, for living it, for owning it, for being it.
1:24.8	Manipulation and action is a hard thing to nail down, maybe similarly to trying to define pornography.
1:32.8	Good manipulation is done well. It makes us doubt our senses.
1:38.2	It makes us go into confusion.
1:41.2	It makes us mystify ourselves about the truth of what is happening externally and internally.
1:49.5	I hope the story from my life that I'm about to share with you over not just one but two episodes.
1:56.8	Helps you see and sense.
1:59.8	Have awareness about manipulation in action in real life.
2:04.2	How it plays out.
2:05.9	What feelings show up when we are in it.
2:08.6	What we ignore.
2:10.0	What we sadly ultimately allow.
2:13.6	This is one of those episodes where I don't have conscious clarity on the lesson I'm offering.
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